Today’s Most Valuable QuickBooks Add-Ons

QuickBooks is the number one accounting software for small to medium sized businesses. It is well-rounded, user friendly, easy to learn and customize, and it just keeps getting better with each new version. However, as great as QuickBooks is, it does have some limitations and that’s where add-ons can help.

Add-ons are additional features developed by third parties that overcome some of the issues with QuickBooks, such as industry-specific business needs and account options, and add greater overall functionality. They are capable of being fully integrated with QuickBooks and allow users to add necessary features without changing the program’s core functions or needing a separate program that may have compatibility and data importing issues.

In the following paragraphs, we’ll discuss some of the most valuable QuickBooks add-ons available in the market. Their value is estimated by the amount of time or money saved by using these tools, as well as the amount of additional functionality they provide. Many of these add-ons are available for a very low cost, or even for free, at the Intuit Apps Store. They are pre tested and approved to be effective.

You can search for the right add-on for your needs by filtering by industry, necessity, or by QuickBooks product, irrespective of whether you have the Basic, Pro, or the Online edition.

AgileShip

This is a great add-on if your business does a lot of shipping. This program arranges the shipping, generates all documentation, and then posts the costs back to QuickBooks, saving you a lot of time and money. Since they receive a bulk-rate discount from many shipping services due to the volume of business they create, they even pass that discount on to you.

AuditMyBooks Analyzer

This is a web-based service that runs audits of your QuickBooks data for discrepancies and errors and provides you with concise and easy to understand reports. It therefore saves businesses the cost of fraud and other losses, which can run into millions. As for the cost, there is a free version and a subscription version that runs less than $10.00 per month.

SOS Inventory

One of the limitations with some versions of QuickBooks is the lack of flexibility in inventory control management. But this particular add-on integrates with QuickBooks online to help manage order processing, inventory controls, and provides manufacturing support options that aren’t available with QuickBooks. What’s best is that all these features are accessible from the convenience of your desktop or mobile device.

Bill.com for QuickBooks Online

This convenient and time-saving add-on integrates with QuickBooks from your desktop or mobile device to provide paperless, automated bill paying services without the necessity of manually entering each transaction. A small monthly fee of $5.00 also allows you to add receivables to your capabilities.

OfficeAnt Customer Portal

This handy feature allows you a lot of free time to attend to your business by creating an automated customer portal to handle basic help and support needs. It also allows customers to use a secure, password-protected feature to view important account information and make payments. There are also a number of other features that you can add to further customize OfficeAnt, such as FAQ’s, chats, and forums.

Before you search for QuickBooks add-on for your business, here are a few things that you must keep in mind:

These are third-party apps. Although they are available through Intuit, each has its own tech support and warranties, so you must contact the developer if there are any questions or issues

Know what you’re looking; there are a lot of add-ons available and it helps to define and target exactly what you need ahead of time

If you’re unsure of how an add-on will work for you, there are trial versions and tutorials available from most of the developers

No software program is perfect, but with the availability of these add-ons and others that are continuously in development, QuickBooks is the standout choice for your business’s financial management and accounting needs.

Bernard Roesch is co-founder and Managing Partner of Mission Consulting. Bernard’s background in the early years of his career was spent in the manufacturing sector, making his QuickBooks perspective a unique one – he understands the intricacies of a complex environment and then applies his strategic skills accordingly.

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